单词 | redive |
释义 | redivev. intransitive. To dive again. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > defined by habitat > [verb (intransitive)] > dive again redive1864 1864 G. W. Dasent in N. Brit. Rev. May 156/1 Strange sea-birds flock about us, and dive and redive in the waves. 1879 R. Jefferies Wild Life 382 At other times this bird will dive and redive, and double about in the water. 1937 Hammond (Indiana) Times 1 Sept. 1/4 A second bomb hit the water astern, whereupon the plane rose, redived and dropped a third bomb. 1940 Times 26 Jan. 11/5 The bird came to the surface right in front of me... For a few minutes it dived and redived unconcerned in front of me. 2002 Knoxville (Tennessee) News-Sentinel (Nexis) 28 Aug. w2 ‘I caught it and then dropped it and had to re-dive to grab it again,’ he gasped. Last we heard, the phone had dried out. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.1864 |
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